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eBay EXCEEDING YOUR EXPECTATIONS, BOTH WITH THE ANTIQUE CLOCK PURCHASE, AS WELL AS MY LONG-TERM AVAILABILITY FOR ASSISTANCE AFTER THE PURCHASE, IS MY PLEDGE TO YOU. PART OF MY DNA IS THE LONG TERM AND CONTINUING PASSION FOR THE PROPER RESTORATION OF SELECTED ANTIQUE CLOCKS, PRIMARILY SETH THOMAS AND HERSCHEDE. EACH RESTORATION IS ACCOMPLISHED VIA BEST METHODS AND PRACTICES, ACQUIRED THROUGH DECADES OF EXPERIENCE, KNOWLEDGE, AND TECHNIQUES ACQUIRED. THE CLOCKS THAT I SELECT FOR RESTORATION AND SUBSEQUENT RESALE REPRESENT SPECIFICALLY SELECTED MODELS, WHICH ARE BEST CANDIDATES FOR THE RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMER, OR SMALL BUSINESS OWNER, WHO DESIRES TO OWN AN HIERLOOM ANTIQUE CLOCK, AS WELL AS TO ENJOY A TASTE OF ANTIQUE CLOCK AMERICANA. PURCHASES FROM ME ARE GENERALLY FOR PERSONAL USE AND ENJOYMENT, FOR COLLECTORS, OR FOR GIFTING TO SPECIAL FRIENDS, RELATIVES, OR ASSOCIATES. SINCERELY PRESENTED, STEVE IN SOUTH CAROLINA “E COMMERCE PLAYER” SOUND FILES OF THE PARMA - 1913 ARE ATTACHED AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS LISTING – LISTEN, REVIEW, AND ENJOY Powered by eCommercePlayer comPowered by eCommercePlayer comPowered by eCommercePlayer com OFFERED TODAY FOR YOUR SPECIAL GIFT CONSIDERATIONS, OR FOR ONE’S COLLECTION, PERSONAL USE, OR ENJOYMENT, IS A CLASSIC, ELEGANT, AND SELDOM SEEN SETH THOMAS PARMA - 1913 DORIC TOP MAHOGANY TIME AND STRIKE FINE CABINET CLOCK - ONE OF THE BEST AND MOST RARE MID-SIZE ANTIQUE CABINET CLOCKS AVAILABLE FOR DISPLAY AND DECORATING IN THE HOME OR OFFICE SETTING. A MOST NOTED AND SOUGHT AFTER SETH CABINET CLOCK IS THE “PARMA” BECAUSE OF ITS INSPIRED DESIGN, RICH MARQUETRIE AND INLAY WORK, AND THE HIGHEST GRADE COMPONENTS USED. FOR EXAMPLE, THE FINEST ROUND COUNT WHEEL MOVEMENT, SERIAL NUMBERED, WITH HARDENED PIVOTS, CUT PINIONS AND THICK POLISHED BACK PLATE IS IN THE PARMA. THUS WITH THE “PARMA” SETH THOMAS PRODUCED AN ITALIAN AND FRENCH INSPIRED CABINET CLOCK ON A LEVEL WITH THE FINEST FRENCH WORKS OF THE DAY, AND ALSO PRODUCED A FINE MOVEMENT EQUAL TO – EVEN BETTER - THAN THE SUPERB FRENCH MOVEMENTS OF THAT PERIOD. THE PARMA - 1913 IS LISTED IN NOTED AUTHORITY TRAN DUY LY’S “SETH THOMAS CLOCKS AND MOVEMENTS” V2 3D EDITION PAGE 735. DESCRIPTION AND FEATURES THIS IS THE 1913 CATALOG VERSION OF THE PARMA, FACTORY EQUIPPED WITH A PREMIUM AND FLAWLESS 5 ½ INCH HEAT FIRED PORCELAIN DIAL WITH BLACK ARABIC NUMERALS, ACCOMPANIED BY THE SIGNATURE SETH THOMAS CUT BLUED STEEL FULL SPADE HANDS. THIS PARTICULAR PARMA IS FULLY AND METICULOUSLY RESTORED AND ALL ORIGINAL – JUST COMPLETED AND READY TO BE PLACED IN YOUR HOME OR OFFICE!! THE PARMA’S DULL RUBBED RIBBON MAHOGANY AGED PATINA FINISH DISPLAYS IMMENSE CHARACTER. THE FINISH WAS RETAINED AND PRESERVED, AND WILL BE AN OUTSTANDING FIND FOR THE FORTUNATE FUTURE OWNER, AS THE PARMA CAN BE AN ADDITION TO ONE’S COLLECTION FOR INVESTMENT PURPOSES, AND/OR FOR DISPLAY IN A FEATURED AREA OF THE HOME. THE PARMA HAS VERSATILE PLACEMENT FLEXIBILITY AND EXCELLENT PRESENTATION IN LITERALLY ANY AREA OF THE HOME, OR OFFICE FOR THAT MATTER. THIS SETH THOMAS IS A CHARMING AND EYE CATCHING DORIC ARCH CABINET CLOCK. CABINET FEATURES INCLUDE: · A FULL TRADITIONAL DORIC TOP, WITH GENTLE FLARES OUTWARD, CONNECTING TO THE SIDES VIA A PEDIMENT SIDE PORCH ON EITHER SIDE SURROUNDING THE TOP. · ADDITIONAL INLAID MARQUETRIE ON THE FRONT BELOW THE DIAL FOR VISUAL EMPHASIS AND TO DRAW ATTENTION TOWARDS THE DIAL AND BEZEL AREA – DETAIL IS SHOWN IN SUPERSIZE PHOTO 5. · INLAID MARQUETRIE BANDING ON EACH SIDE – DETAIL IS SHOWN IN SUPERSIZE PHOTOS 2 AND 3. · THE PARMA DORIC TOP MAHOGANY VENEER IS IN SUPERIOR CONDITION WITH NO REPARS OR PATCHES – NEARLY ALL PARMA CABINETS HAVE SOME DEGREE OF REPAIR WORK – NOT THIS ONE. DETAILS ARE SHOWN IN SUPERSIZE PHOTO 5. · SIDE STILES ARE GENTLY CURVED AND FLARED OUTWARD AT THE BASE FOR DESIGN APPEAL · RAISED PEDIMENT BASE ACHIEVED BY EXTENDING THE SIDE STILES AND ADDING SCROLL WORK AT THE BASE – HEAVY CAST BRASS FEET ADD A STRONG AND APPEALING FOUNDATION TO THE PARMA. · POLISHED CAST BRASS BEZEL THAT SNAPS SHUT AND DOES NOT DROOP, WITH HEAVY CONVEX AND BEVELED GLASS – THE BEVELED GLASS IS PERFECT - A CLOSE IN VIEW OF THE BRASS BEZEL AND BEVELED GLASS IS SHOWN IN SUPERSIZE PHOTO 4. · THE 5 ½ INCH WHITE HEAT FIRED PORCELAIN DIAL WITH VIVID BLACK ARABIC NUMERALS IS VIRTUALLY FLAWLESS. DETAILS ARE SHOWN IN SUPERSIZE PHOTO 4. THE PARMA – 1913 IS A DELIGHT TO VIEW, AND JUST THE RIGHT SIZE - EASY TO DISPLAY IN ANY DECORATIVE SETTING. IT CAN BE PLACED PRACTICALLY ANYWHERE BECAUSE THE PARMA CAN BE ADMIRED BY ITSELF OR AS PART OF A DECORATIVE GROUPING. YOU WILL LOVE THIS CLOCK!!! – I KNOW I DO – I ADMIT I LOVE THEM ALL BUT HAVE NO MORE DISPLAY ROOM!!! I ASK THAT YOU ALLOW THE TEXT AND HIGH RESOLUTION SUPERSIZE PICTURES TO SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES!!! ON THE DIAL THE TIME MAINSPRING WIND SHAFT IS LOCATED NEAR NUMERAL 5 AND THE STRIKE MAINSPRING WIND SHAFT IS NEAR NUMERAL 7. ABOVE THE NUMERAL 12 IS A SMALLER HOLE WITH ACCESS TO THE FASTER/SLOWER ADJUSTMENT SHAFT, USING THE OPPOSITE END OF THE CLOCK KEY. THE BEAUTIFULLY AGED SHELLAC-OVER- MAHOGANY PATINA FINISH ON THE HIGH GRADE RIBBON MAHOGANY CABINET HAS BEEN PROFESSIONALLY PRESERVED, CONDITIONED AND RESTORED, RETAINING THE DESIREABLE DULL-RUBBED SATIN LUSTRE AND PATINA, AS WELL AS THE MUCH SOUGHT AFTER DARK HONEY RIBBON MAHOGANY COLORATION THAT IS ORIGINAL AND CORRECT FOR THE PARMA – THE APPEARANCE ACCENTS THIS CLOCK’S CHARACTER, BOTH AS AN ANTIQUE AND AS A DECORATIVE ACCESSORY WHEN DISPLAYED. THE HALF HOUR IS SOUNDED ON A CATHEDRAL BELL SPIRAL GONG – THE SOUND IS MELLOW AND RESONANT, WITH A LOVELY LINGERING DECAY OF THE NOTE; THE HOUR COUNT FOLLOWS, WITH EACH HOUR ANNOUNCED AS A STRIKE ON THE CATHEDRAL BELL GONG. A CLOSE IN VIEW OF THE CATHEDRAL SPIRAL GONG IS SHOWN IN SUPERSIZE PHOTO 10. PLEASE REMEMBER TO HEAR THE PARMA VIA THE ATTACHED E COMMERCE PLAYER SOUND FILES. THE NOTES STRUCK FROM THIS PARTICULAR CATHEDRAL GONG HAVE A WONDERFUL AND LINGERING DECAY. LISTEN AND YOU WILL HEAR WHAT I MEAN. THE HIGH RESOLUTION SUPERSIZE PHOTOS ARE PROVICED FOR YOU TO SEE ALL DETAILS OF THE CLOCK. THE PHOTOS REALLY DO NOT FULLY SHOW HOW NICELY THIS SETH SHOWS OFF – IT IS A BEAUTY!! THE CLOCK LOOKS EVEN BETTER WHEN VIEWED DIRECTLY THAN IN THE PHOTOS. THE PARMA - 1913 IS WELL PRESERVED AND FULLY RESTORED IN EVERY WAY. I TAKE GREAT CARE TO INSURE THAT EACH DISTINCTIVE CLOCK I OFFER IS SUPERB IN ALL RESPECTS!!! RESTORATION AND TECHNICAL DETAILS PLEASE OBSERVE THAT NEARLY HALF OF MY LISTING PORTFOLIO CONTAINS INFORMATION ABOUT THE MECHANICAL ASPECTS AND MOVEMENT RESTORATION OF THE CLOCK.YOU DESERVE, AND SHOULD EXPECT, A RESTORED ANTIQUE SETH OF THE HIGHEST QUALITY AND RELIABILITY.I STRIVE TO EXCEED YOUR EXPECTATIONS RATHER THAN SIMPLY SELL YOU AN ANTIQUE CLOCK. THE EIGHT DAY FINE ROUND SETH THOMAS MOVEMENT HAS BEEN PROFESSIONALLY DISASSEMBLED, INSPECTED AND CLEANED WITH ULTRASONICS. ALL WORN PIVOT BUSHINGS WERE REPLACED, AND BOTH THE TIME AND STRIKE MAINSPRINGS WERE SERVICED, INSPECTED AND TESTED TO ASSURE RELIABILITY. MAINSPRINGS ARE A CRITICAL ENERGY LINK TO ASSURE EXTENDED AND RELIABLE LONG TERM PERFORMANCE. ALL OPERATIONAL ASPECTS OF THE MOVEMENT WERE INSPECTED AND CORRECTED, IF NECESSARY, READYING THE MOVEMENT FOR YEARS AND YEARS OF SERVICE. THE MOVEMENT WAS THEN PROPERLY REASSEMBLED, LUBRICATED, TESTED AND ADJUSTED WITH BOTH ELECTRONIC AND MECHANICAL INSTRUMENTATION AS INFORMATION, BEWARE IF A FINE ROUND COUNT WHEEL MOVEMENT HAS AN ANEMIC PENDULUM BEAT SWING BECAUSE IT IS A TALE-TALE INDICATOR OF POOR MOVEMENT HEALTH AND THE NEED FOR EXTENSIVE SERVICE WORK. A FINAL PORTION OF THE SERVICE PROCESS IS ELECTRONIC AND MECHANICAL TESTING OF THE MOVEMENT FOR PENDULUM BEAT ERROR, RATE, RELIABILITY AND OTHER FUNCTIONS – I HAVE SOME RESTORATION AND TESTING ILLUSTRATIONS IN THE PHOTOS, SO PLEASE TAKE A LOOK. NOTICE IN SUPERSIZE PHOTO 11: THE INSET PICTURE SHOWS ELECTRONIC ADJUSTMENT OF THE PENDULUM BEAT, WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF APPROACHING ZERO ERROR, MEANING BOTH LEFT AND RIGHT SWINGS OF THE PENDULUM HAVE THE SAME AMPLITUDE AND DURATION CHARACTERISTICS THIS RESTORED FINE ROUND MOVEMENT EASILY ACHIEVED AND HELD ZERO ERROR. THE COMPLETE SERVICE RESTORATION OF THE FINEST ROUND #48R MOVEMENT ALONE IS A $400 VALUE!!! IT MAKES SENSE TO PURCHASE AN ANTIQUE MANTLE CLOCK THAT YOU KNOW IS READY FOR YEARS OF RELIABLE SERVICE. WHEN YOU PURCHASE ONE OF MY CLOCKS YOU CAN BE ASSURED!! THIS IS A MEDIUM SIZE DORIC CABINET MANTEL CLOCK – AN IDEAL SIZE - SUITABLE FOR MANTLE, TABLE, SHELF OR WALL BRACKET DISPLAY - PERFECT FOR A SPECIAL GIFT, FOR YOUR PERSONAL USE, OR AS AN ADDITION TO YOUR COLLECTION. MEASUREMENTS ARE 12 ¼” H X 9 ½” W X 5 ½” D. THE PARMA - 1913 IS OFFERED FOR YOUR REVIEW AND PURCHASE CONSIDERATION. GREATLY APPRECIATES YOUR INTEREST IN MY RESTORED SETH THOMAS ANTIQUE CLOCKS. WORKMANSHIP AND QUALITY – ALL OF MY SETH THOMAS ANTIQUE CLOCKS ARE FULLY RESTORED IN EVERY WAY UNLESS SPECIFICALLY STATED OTHERWISE. GREAT CARE IS TAKEN TO INSURE THAT EACH AND EVERY AFTER SHIPMENT, AND THE CLOCK IS SOLD AS IS. THE PARMA WILL FUNCTION PROPERLY, IS FULLY OPERATIONAL, MEETS OR EXCEEDS ORIGINAL PERFORMANCE SPECS, AND IS BENCH TESTED WHEN SHIPPED. MY SINCERE HOPE IS TO EXCEED YOUR EXPECTATIONS IN EVERY WAY. AS WITH ALL MECHANICAL CLOCK MOVEMENTS, SOME ADJUSTMENTS MAY BE NECESSARY WHEN SETTING UP. ENJOY THE LISTING – IF YOU NEED OR DESIRE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, PLEASE BE IN TOUCH WITH ME, STEVE. INFORMATION ABOUT THE E COMMERCE PLAYER SOUND FILES THREE SOUND FILES OF THE SETH PARMA WITH FINEST GRADE ROUND MOVEMENT IN OPERATION ARE AVAILABLE IN .MP3 FORMAT: 1. VOICE INTRODUCTION 2. PENDULUM BEAT ESCAPEMENT VERGE CRUTCH AND TIME GEAR TRAIN OPERATION SOUNDS OF THE FINE ROUND MOVEMENT – LISTEN FOR CLEAN AND EVEN SOUND, REGULARITY, AND THE ABSENCE OF ODD NOISES. 3. HOUR STRIKE AND HALF HOUR STRIKE AT 2:00 – 2:30 - 3:00 – 3:30 – 4:00 - 4:30 - 5:00 - LISTEN FOR PURE NOTES WITH GOOD TIMBRE, RICH DECAY AND EVEN TEMPO OF THE MOVEMENT RATHER THAN SLOW/SLUGGISH TEMPO. IMPORTANT NOTE ABOUT SOUND RECORDING: THE MICROPHONE IS IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE MOVEMENT FOR RECORDING PURPOSES, AND SOME NORMAL GEAR TRAIN OPERATION SOUNDS WILL BE HEARD. THE OPERATION SOUNDS ARE NOT NOTICED AT TYPICAL LISTENING DISTANCES. THE FILES ARE POSTED TO THE E COMMERCE PLAYER AT THE TOP OF MY LISTING. SIMPLY CLICK THE PLAY ICON. AFTER CLICKING, YOU MAY SELECT EACH FILE AS YOU WISH, OR LET ALL THREE FILES PLAY THROUGH. (Condition: Pre-Owned)

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